May 30, 1994
Reported roadside event
Woolheater dates his reported experience to Memorial Day 1994; the event is not independently dated by a contemporaneous record recovered here.
Witness · original self-authored report · historical event
Craig Woolheater — Louisiana Roadside Encounter
A reported brief nighttime roadside observation in central Louisiana on May 30, 1994. Craig Woolheater described the experience in his own public 2014 report; the reported identity of the figure remains unverified.
Developing Witness Record
Research record
At a glance
- Reported event date
- May 30, 1994 (witness's retrospective account)
- Reported place
- Road near Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, approaching Alexandria; do not infer exact coordinates
- Observation
- Brief nighttime view of an upright, gray-haired figure from a moving vehicle; estimated height is witness testimony
- Original first-person record
- Craig Woolheater's self-authored Cryptomundo post, June 20, 2014
- Later interview
- Bigfoot Crossroads Episode 236, published October 16, 2026, provider ID 75813386
- Independent corroboration
- Not recovered; then-partner reportedly saw the figure, but no independently obtained firsthand statement
Attributed observation
What Woolheater described
In his own published retrospective account, Woolheater reports driving with his then-girlfriend on an unlit two-lane road in Louisiana. He describes headlights briefly illuminating a tall, gray-haired, upright figure to the side of the road as the vehicle passed. He says both occupants reacted, but their separate independent accounts have not been recovered.
The figure's approximate height, appearance, and identity are estimations and interpretations by the reporting witness, not independently established properties. The sighting was brief and occurred at night from a moving vehicle. A third passenger was reportedly asleep during the event.
Evidence boundary
This profile documents the primary witness's statement and its publication history. It does not demonstrate the existence of Sasquatch, authenticate an animal identification or establish an independent second witness.
Source chronology
Encounter date versus later publication
June 20, 2014
Self-authored published report
The earliest source verified for this release is Woolheater's detailed firsthand Cryptomundo account. It is a later retrospective description, not an original 1994 document.
October 16, 2026
New original provider episode
Bigfoot Crossroads published an interview with Woolheater under Episode 236; the episode description mentions the historical encounter without proving a new or different 1994 event.
Provenance
Original and later source material
Read Woolheater's firsthand 2014 Cryptomundo report ↗
Read his self-authored biographical recollection ↗
Open Bigfoot Crossroads Episode 236 on Spreaker ↗
Key first-person locators in the 2014 report are the DATE/STATE/PARISH/NEAREST TOWN, OBSERVED, DESCRIPTION and TIME AND CONDITIONS fields. The October 2026 episode does not provide a claim-level transcript locator verified for this release. Its publication date is not an encounter date.
Research limitations
Unresolved questions
The reported second observer's own account was not recovered; no original photograph, trace or independent physical record was verified. The earliest verified firsthand publication is from 2014, roughly twenty years after the described event.
A 2016 anniversary blog post labels May 30, 2016 the 21st anniversary of a May 1994 event, although 22 calendar years had passed. This is a source-date discrepancy to preserve, not proof of a separate encounter or deliberate fabrication.
The later 2026 audio interview is preserved as a distinct media source, not additional independent witnesses or proof of a second Louisiana event.